Container



Jan. 16, 1940. M. LEVY El AL 2,187,559

CONTAINER Filed Nov. 29, 1937 I8 I m 7 A II Patented Jan. 16, 1940 CONTAINER Minnie Levy and Frank Ralph Casino, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 29, 1937, Serial No. 177,100

1 Claim.

This invention relates to containers and more particularly to protectors for use on hard or frangible containers, such as glass, metal or composition, bottles, bowls, jars, boxes and the like.

In the handling and use of certain containers such as bottles, jars and the like, the container is frequently broken by inadvertent contact with a hard or unyielding surface, or the surface itself is marred or broken by such contact. The fre- :quent handling or use of glass bottles or containers or receptacles in hospitals and sickrooms produces objectionable noises in addition to the possibility of costly breakage, and, furthermore, glass or metal containers, owing to the lack of sufiicient friction in the engagement of the smooth bottom of the container or receptacle with the supporting surface, frequently move or slide from their intended position on a shelf or support and consequently fall therefrom.

An object of this invention, therefore, is to provide a container having a protecting member secured to its bottom portion to serve as a buffer or cushion between the container and the surface which supports it to protect the container and 25 the supporting surface.

Another object of this invention is to provide a container to which a protecting member is readily secured without materially altering the usual configuration of the container.

A further object of this invention is to provide a container to which a yieldable nonelastic protecting member is glued, cemented or otherwise adhesively sectu-ed and so located as to be interposed between the bottom of the container and :the supporting surface therefor.

A more specific object of this invention is to provide a container which includes a relatively soft yieldable protecting, cushioning or insulating member which is secured to and extends around the marginal or peripheral portion of the bottom of the container to serve as a frictional and cushioning member between the receptacle bottom and the surface on which the receptacle is supported.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a protected container of improved construction, whereby thedevice will be simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient,

, practical and efficient in its use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and details of construction may .be made within the scope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any advantages of the invention.

For a more complete disclosure of the invention, a detailed description of the protected container will now be given in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of the specification, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the protected container, a portion of the protecting member being broken away,

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the container,

Figure 3 is a fragmental detailed vertical sectional view taken through the lower portion of the container,

Figure 4 is a similar view taken through a slightly modified form of the invention,

Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the form of the invention disclosed in Figure 4 showing an advertisement applied thereto, and

Figure 6 is a fragmental detailed vertical sectional view depicting a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts, there is depicted a container [0 which may be a glass, metal or composition bottle, jar, box or other receptacle for use in holding medicine, water, beverage or any preferred liquid for storage, consumption or commercial display.

In the present instance there is depicted a glass water or beverage bottle having a recess ll formed around the peripheral or marginal portion of its bottom l2. The endless peripheral recess ll defines a peripheral securing and supporting surface or wall 13 and a projection l5 which extends downwardly in the direction of the length of the bottle and has a peripheral side wall l6 disposed parallel to the direction of the length of the bottle.

An endless protecting ring or member I! is provided, and it is received within the endless peripheral recess II. The protecting member I! may be formed of any relatively soft, yieldable or elastic material, such as rubber, or nonelastic yieldable or insulating material such as felt, leather, card board, asbestos or suitable composition. The endless protecting member I l is preferably provided with parallel inner and outer walls I8 and 20 which are disposed in the direction of the length of the container, and parallel top and bottom surfaces 2| and 22 disposed perpendicular to the direction of length of the container.

"either to the container or the surface.

:the containers against breakage.

When the endless protecting member I1 is positioned within the peripheral recess I I its upper surface 2| engages the surface I3 of the recess I I, and its inner side wall I8 engages the side wall I6 of the projection I5. In order that relatively inexpensive nonelastic or insulating material may be utilized in forming the protecting member I I, the recess II is of such configuration as to receive the endless member I'I without stretching or otherwise deforming it, and the endless member is secured within the recess I I to either the surface 2I of the recess or the surface I6 of the projection I5, or to both surfaces, by glue, cement or other material which adhesively secures the protecting member II to the container.

The endless protecting member when positioned within the receiving recess I I extends downwardly beyond the bottom of the container III, as indicated at 23, in Figure 3, to space the bottom surface of the bottom portion of the container away from the surface S which supports it. By this arrangement glass or other frangible medicine, water, beverage or refreshment bottles, or other containers may be safely positioned on smooth or frangible supporting surfaces S without injury Again, the frictional characteristic of the cushioning or protecting member II holds the container It on its supporting surface S against unintentional movement thereon or therefrom. Furthermore, the cushioning or protecting member II, by its interposition between the bottom of the container III and the supporting surface, prevents excessive or objectionable noises when the container is po- ;sitioned upon its supporting surface S. This is highly advantageous when the container is employed in hospitals, sick rooms and the like Where it is highly desirable that the frequent use of medicine bottles and other containers may be made without producing objectionable noises. The interposition of the cushioning or protecting member I'I between the container and its support permits the advantageous use of this protector on fruit or other display jars or containers for display purposes, because the frictional characteristic of the support I'I maintains the displayed containers when displayed in pyramid or other attractive formations against vibrations produced by moving vehicles and the like and also protects When the cushioning or protecting device I1 is applied to canning or preserving receptacles, it is preferable that an asbestos composition be employed in producing the protector IT in order that it may serve as a nonconductor of heat to protect both the container and its supporting surface.

Although the endless cushioning and protecting member I! has been depicted as being rectangular in cross section, it is to be understood, of course, that any preferred cross sectional configuration may be employed as long as the endless cushioning member may be secured in position within the recess I I without stretching or otherwise deforming the protecting member II, so that either elastic or nonelastic material or composition may be employed.

In the use of certain containers, such as beverage or medicine bottles and the like, it is desirable that advertising or identifying indicia be applied to the bottom portion of the container, and to this end the form of the invention disclosed in Figures 4 and 5 has been provided. In this form of the invention, the endless cushioning or protecting member I1 is secured within the recess II of the container III by glue, cement or other adhesive material, and a strip of suitable material 25 is formed integral with or is secured to the lower surface'22 of the endless cushioning or protecting member II, as best shown in Figure 4. The strip of material 25 is preferably shaped to conform to the outline of the protecting or cushioning member II, and covers the bottom I2 of the container It, so that suitable advertising or identifying indicia, as indicated at 26 in Figure 5, may be applied to the outer or exposed surface thereof. The strip of material or covering 25 may be slightly spaced from the bottom I2 of the receptacle I9, as indicated at 21, in Figure 4, so that an air cushion may be interposed between the bottom I2 and the inner surface of the covering strip 25, or, if preferred, the covering strip 25 may engage the bottom surface I2 of the container III. Inasmuch as the latter arrangement is, of course, manifest it has not been depicted in the drawing of this application,

-Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and useful is:

A container including a relatively hard bottom, a recess formed in the bottom and extending around the periphery thereof, a yieldable member secured by adhesion within the recess and extending downwardly beyond the bottom for interposition between the bottom and the surface on which the container is supported, and a relatively soft covering strip co-extensive with the bottom and carried by the yieldable member in spaced relation to the bottom and interposed between the bottom and the surface on which the container is supported to provide an air cushion between the bottom and the covering strip.

MINNIE LEVY. FRANK RALPH CASINO. 

